We’ll wrap up our exploration of WWII with a reading of Address Unknown, by Katherine Kressman Taylor. Then we will move on to 3 short stories by Emma Donoghue’s short story collection Astray.
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Monday, October 3
- Weekly writing for Week (Love Letters) due by midnight.
- Submit your post URL in Canvas.
Tuesday, October 5
Before Class
Review epistolary novel in Wikipedia.
In Class
- Take a quick poll, either using the link on your laptop or the QR code below with your phone, to answer two questions:
- Letter #2 to MoreLoveLetters or to a member of the military?
- Okay to record class discussions?
- We will read Address Unknown in class.
Thursday, October 7
Before Class
- Sign up for one short story from Emma Donoghue’s Astray.
In Class
- More Analytical Tools
- Discuss of Emma Donoghue’s Astray short stories (available in Canvas):
- ‘Counting the Days’ is based on the 1840s correspondence of two emigrants from Northern Ireland to Canada.
- ‘Onward’ is suggested by several letters of Charles Dickens about a family he helped to emigrate to Canada.
- ‘The Gift’ is inspired by letters to a New York adoption agency from the birth mother and adoptive father of a little girl.
- Creative Writing assignment; Due October 20
Weekly Writing
- This weekly writing should focus on any reading/activity/exercise/etc that you found particularly interesting this week.
- Weekly Writings will be due by Monday of each week.
- Submit your post URL in Canvas.
